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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> American Egyptologists and scholars have made remarkable contributions to the under- standing of ancient Egypt and the culturally related region of Nubia. Yet their achievements have often gone unnoticed in contrast to the well-known efforts of such European Egyptologists as Jean-Fran?ois Champollion and Howard Carter. This landmark book and its companion volume The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt: Essays take an enormous step toward bringing these accomplishments and the enterprising individuals responsible for them to light. Quick to emerge from these pages is George A. Reisner (1867-1942) deeply interested in recon- structing the cultural history of the Nile Valley. While seeking clues that would allow him to piece together the shadowy history of the 4th Dynasty “pyramid builders” the succession of the Napatan kings of ancient Nubia and the history of the viceroys of Kush he revolutionized archaeological field techniques. The objects Reisner excavated form the foundation of the extensive collections of the University of California Berkeley and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Other remarkable figures include James Henry Breasted (1865-1935). (MP)